Lot Essay
This watercolour is very similar to an illustration by Wolf for D.G. Elliot, The Life and Habits of Wild Animals, Macmillan, London, 1874, pl.11 (with title A Hair-breadth Escape)
Details
Joseph Wolf (1820-1899)
A Hair-breadth Escape: An Owl, a Fox and a Hare
signed and dated 'J. Wolf 1875'; pencil and watercolour heightened with bodycolour, touches of white heightening and gum arabic
7¾ x 5¾in. (197 x 146mm.)
A Hair-breadth Escape: An Owl, a Fox and a Hare
signed and dated 'J. Wolf 1875'; pencil and watercolour heightened with bodycolour, touches of white heightening and gum arabic
7¾ x 5¾in. (197 x 146mm.)
Provenance
Frederick du Cane Godman, and by descent to the present owner